diff --git a/.github/workflows/sdlc-audit-gemini.yml b/.github/workflows/sdlc-audit-gemini.yml
index 98df16ed..8c51df82 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sdlc-audit-gemini.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sdlc-audit-gemini.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,24 @@
 # Auditor (Gemini) — third cross-model audit. Runs automatically when a PR opens (an
 # independent third opinion alongside the Claude reviewer and Codex auditor) and on
-# demand via the `agent:audit` label. Read-only; posts Gemini's verdict as a PR comment.
+# demand via the `agent:audit` label, which also keeps auditing every later push (see
+# below). Read-only; posts Gemini's verdict as a PR comment.
 # Needs secret GEMINI_API_KEY — skips cleanly (no failure) when it is absent.
-# Not on `synchronize`, so the fix loop's pushes don't re-spend Gemini credits each round.
+# Re-auditing, and why it is opt-in: a plain push does NOT re-audit, so the fix
+# loop's pushes don't re-spend Gemini credits each round. Label the PR `agent:audit`
+# and every subsequent push re-audits until the label comes off — which is the ONLY
+# way to re-audit, because re-adding a label the PR already has fires no `labeled`
+# event at all, so "add the label again" silently does nothing.
+#
+# Reading the check status: the Classifier's `domain:*` labels land seconds after
+# open and each one triggers this workflow, which then skips. That SKIPPED run is
+# newer than the real audit, so `gh pr checks` shows "skipping" for it while the
+# audit itself succeeded moments earlier. Check the run list, not the summary,
+# before concluding an audit never ran.
 name: "sdlc · audit (Gemini)"
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    types: [opened, reopened, labeled]
+    types: [opened, reopened, labeled, synchronize]
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -15,9 +26,20 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   audit-gemini:
-    # Auto on open/reopen, or on the agent:audit label. (label.name is null on open events.)
+    # Auto on open/reopen. On a label, ONLY `agent:audit` (any other label — the
+    # Classifier's `domain:*` land seconds after open — must not spend credits).
+    # On a push, only when the PR ALREADY carries `agent:audit`: that is the
+    # opt-in for "keep auditing this one as I fix it", and it is what makes a
+    # re-audit reachable at all (see the header).
     # dependabot-actor runs get Dependabot's (empty) secret store — agent can't auth, so skip
-    if: github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' && (github.event.action != 'labeled' || github.event.label.name == 'agent:audit')
+    if: >-
+      github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' && (
+        github.event.action == 'opened' ||
+        github.event.action == 'reopened' ||
+        (github.event.action == 'labeled' && github.event.label.name == 'agent:audit') ||
+        (github.event.action == 'synchronize' &&
+         contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'agent:audit'))
+      )
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # Secrets aren't readable in a job-level `if`, so gate every later step on this
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sdlc-audit.yml b/.github/workflows/sdlc-audit.yml
index 51d5fbdc..8c810ff2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sdlc-audit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sdlc-audit.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 # Auditor (Codex) — independent cross-audit. Runs automatically when a PR opens (an
 # independent second opinion to the Claude reviewer) and on demand via the `agent:audit`
-# label. Read-only; posts Codex's verdict as a PR comment. Needs secret OPENAI_API_KEY.
-# Not on `synchronize`, so the fix loop's pushes don't re-spend Codex credits each round.
+# label, which also keeps auditing every later push (see below). Read-only; posts Codex's verdict as a PR comment. Needs secret OPENAI_API_KEY.
+# Re-auditing, and why it is opt-in: a plain push does NOT re-audit, so the fix
+# loop's pushes don't re-spend Codex credits each round. Label the PR `agent:audit`
+# and every subsequent push re-audits until the label comes off — which is the ONLY
+# way to re-audit, because re-adding a label the PR already has fires no `labeled`
+# event at all, so "add the label again" silently does nothing.
+#
+# Reading the check status: the Classifier's `domain:*` labels land seconds after
+# open and each one triggers this workflow, which then skips. That SKIPPED run is
+# newer than the real audit, so `gh pr checks` shows "skipping" for it while the
+# audit itself succeeded moments earlier. Check the run list, not the summary,
+# before concluding an audit never ran.
 name: "sdlc · audit (Codex)"
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    types: [opened, reopened, labeled]
+    types: [opened, reopened, labeled, synchronize]
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -14,9 +24,20 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   audit:
-    # Auto on open/reopen, or on the agent:audit label. (label.name is null on open events.)
+    # Auto on open/reopen. On a label, ONLY `agent:audit` (any other label — the
+    # Classifier's `domain:*` land seconds after open — must not spend credits).
+    # On a push, only when the PR ALREADY carries `agent:audit`: that is the
+    # opt-in for "keep auditing this one as I fix it", and it is what makes a
+    # re-audit reachable at all (see the header).
     # dependabot-actor runs get Dependabot's (empty) secret store — agent can't auth, so skip
-    if: github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' && (github.event.action != 'labeled' || github.event.label.name == 'agent:audit')
+    if: >-
+      github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' && (
+        github.event.action == 'opened' ||
+        github.event.action == 'reopened' ||
+        (github.event.action == 'labeled' && github.event.label.name == 'agent:audit') ||
+        (github.event.action == 'synchronize' &&
+         contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'agent:audit'))
+      )
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1